Mangal Keshav has come out with its report on precious metal, base metal and energy. The research firm says copper prices extended gains to fresh 1-month highs in after hour’s trade on Wednesday.
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Copper prices at one month high: Mangal Keshav
Mangal Keshav has come out with its report on precious metal, base metal and energy. The research firm says copper prices extended gains to fresh 1-month highs in after hour’s trade on Wednesday.
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Copper prices at one month high: Mangal Keshav
Mangal Keshav has come out with its report on precious metal, base metal and energy. The research firm says copper prices extended gains to fresh 1-month highs in after hour’s trade on Wednesday.
Mangal Keshav has come out with its report on precious metal, base metal and energy. The research firm says copper prices extended gains to fresh 1-month highs in after hour’s trade on Wednesday.
Gold surged above $1,650 per ounce for the first time since early May, breaking above its recent trading range as minutes from the US Federal Reserve convinced many bullion investors that another round of monetary stimulus is imminent.
Gold holdings of SPDR gold trust, the largest ETF backed by the precious metal, increased to 1,281.98 tons, as on August 22. Silver holdings of ishares silver trust, the largest ETF backed by the metal, declined to 9,784.63 tons, as on August 22.
Copper prices extended gains to fresh 1-month highs in after hours trade on Wednesday, after minutes of the most recent Federal Reserve policy meeting indicated the central bank was likely to further ease monetary policy "fairly soon" unless the economy improves.
Refined Copper market was in production deficit of 21,000 tons in May 2012, as per release from International Copper Study Group (ICSG). However, after making seasonal adjustments the surplus was much higher at 42,000 tons.
For the first 5-months of the year, refined Copper market was in deficit of 405,000 tons, compared to 98,000 tons during similar period last year, as per ICSG.
Oil prices rose on indications that the Federal Reserve is likely to provide more stimuli while a sharp drop in US crude inventories countered concerns about Europe's debt crisis.
Crude oil inventories fell by 5.41mn barrels to 360.7mn barrels, Gasoline supplies shrank by 1mn barrels to 202.7mn barrels & Supplies of distillate fuel, which include diesel and heating oil, increased by 1mn barrels to 125.2mn barrels.
The center of Tropical Storm Isaac was approaching the Caribbean and expected to become a hurricane, lending support to oil futures because it could threaten U.S. energy production in the Gulf of Mexico.
Natural gas futures closed higher, as traders looked with anticipation at the potential for a tropical storm to disrupt energy production in the US Gulf of Mexico for the first time this season. Natural gas inventories are expected to increase by 33-35bn cubic feet, actual data will be released by EIA later in the day.
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